A painting is finished when the painter says it is finished.
Een schilderij is pas af als de schilder vindt dat het af is.
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Rembrandt
Born in Leiden in 1606, Rembrandt used light and shadow to probe human psychology. The Night Watch transformed group portraiture; ninety self-portraits form Western art's most candid record of aging.
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